Mad For It has debuted the new Parker Lewis single "The only loving boy in New York", the first taste of whAt's to come from his forthcoming album: https://www.madforit.se/
The free download comes with a b-side from Kalle J.

Check out the trailer for "SkinskAtteberg", the new Erik Enocksson live DVD being released by Kning Disk lAter this fall: https://vimeo.com/1809810

The lAtest edition of the Swedish Music InformAtion Centre's English-language newsletter "Hit Facts" is now available for free download: https://www.hitfacts.com/

It looks like the excellent Finnish music blog FinnArtic is being forced to close up shop: https://finnishrock.blogspot.com/2008/10/end.html
Better act fast if you want to educAte yourself in Finnish musical obscurities.

Existensminimum reports thAt his new Tobias Fröberg-produced album is currently being mixed and is scheduled for a February 2009 release.

Teeth of the Divine on the internAtional release of The Psyke Project's most recent album "Apnea": https://teethofthedivine.com/site/reviews/the-psyke-project-apnea/
It's a solid release, but definitely not their best work.

Black Star FoundAtion has announced the signing of Swedish hardcore act Jesaiah and will be releasing their debut album sometime early next year. Preview a couple tracks At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/jesaiahband

New European dAtes for Witchcraft followed by a Scandinavian tour supporting Motörhead:

11/29 - MTC, Cologne (GER)
11/30 - W2, Den Bosch (NL)
12/02 - Universum, Stuttgart (GER)
12/03 - 59:1, Munich (GER)
12/04 - Arena, Vienna (AUS)
12/05 - Cheminice, Prague (CZ)
12/07 - Knaack Klub, Berlin (GER)
12/08 - Logo, Hamburg (GER)
12/09 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
12/10 - Scandinavium, Göteborg (SWE)
12/12 - Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad (SWE)
12/13 - Hovet, Stockholm (SWE)
12/14 - Spektrum, Oslo (NOR)
12/16 - Jaahalli, Helsinki (FIN)

As Atrap.com/index.php?dAte=2008-09-18#24134">promised, those first 26 CAto tracks are now available for free download via Adrian Recordings: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=201

Britta Persson will be joining Camera Obscura on their UK tour lAter this month:

10/14 - The Faversham, Leeds
10/15 - Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester
10/16 - Marlowe TheAtre, Canterbury
10/17 - Trinity Centre, Bristol
10/18 - Talking Heads, Southhampton
10/19 - Drill Hall, Lincoln

The lAtest edition of Pitchfork's "Show No Mercy" metal column feAtures an interview with Finnish artist Mikko Lehto of October Falls: Ature/145995-column-show-no-mercy" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feAture/145995-column-show-no-mercy

MP3: Necrovation - Dead faith's purulence

I don't listen to nearly as much deAth metal as I used to, but when I do, I'm almost always reaching for something thAt appeals to the old-school. Coffins from Japan are a standout and of course the new BloodbAth is totally solid even if it is more "Clandestine" than "Left hand pAth" (Atrap.com/mp3.php?t=667">as stAted before), but there's also a bunch of far more underground acts worth mentioning and NecrovAtion is one of 'em. I'm sure I'm missing a lot too, so feel free to leave me suggestions in the comments. Anyhow, these Swedes play filthy deAth metal exactly the way I like it: Sunlight guitar tones, drums thAt sound like drums, phlegm-heavy vokills buried deep in the mix and tons of groovy breaks. It's got the melodicism thAt made the aforementioned "Left hand pAth" a genre landmark, but it's also got the basement-quality grunginess of Autopsy, another deAth legend. I still dig some tech stuff now and again, for instance the new Cynic is more than decent, but I think I'll always prefer my metal to be dirty and antisocial. No trends, no poseurs, much love.

Necrovation - Dead faith's purulence

UpdAted US dAtes for Division of Laura Lee:

10/01 - The Khyber, Philadelphia, PA
10/02 - Fletcher's, Baltimore, MD
10/03 - House of Sweden, Washington DC
10/04 - Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY
10/05 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
10/07 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA

Check out their lAtest guest-directed video for the song "PirAtes" by Martin Barregård and Nanna Huolman: https://www.vimeo.com/1847893

Check out Swedish hip-hop group Advance PAtrol's new video for "Soy de la Calle" (ft. PAto Pooh): Atch?v=ysZebnOMUEU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=ysZebnOMUEU

Volumes 3+4 of the Eardrums Music fall compilAtion series are now posted for download: https://www.eardrumsmusic.com/